Are You Excited for the French Music Upcoming CD Releases?
Jazz has long maintained a particular place in France's heart, with the world's first international jazz festival taking place in Nice in 1948. However, France's association with jazz music dates back to World War I, some 30 years earlier. The evolution of jazz followed the passage of time. French jazz flourished in the same manner that American jazz flourished. The music of the two countries was constantly entwined and played a game of giving and take. Paris remained a popular tourist destination, and many American greats visited the city to try out some of their more avant-garde works. Jazz was particularly popular among the young, and a group of Parisian students founded a jazz club in the early 1930s. They originally got together to listen to music, but as time went on, they became advocates for this new sound. The CONTINUO Classics label, founded in May 2013 by Flavien PIERSON, who has a long career as a producer, distributor, and director of record companies behin